That actually sounds like a good idea. The code that performs the UMLS check is already in cTAKES... perhaps we just need a place to host/distribution of the resources (simple webapp)... I wonder if we can just converge and point to a single place for all of their models/resourcing needs... Richard- I'm just thinking of your idea of a single place to download various models, do you think it's worth thinking about also hosting certain protected resources such as UMLS there as well? (perhaps some place a bit more advanced that Maven Central).
> -----Original Message----- > From: vijay garla [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: using umls dictionary lookup offline? > > No need to write any new annotator, just point > org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup.ae.DictionaryLookupAnnotator at the > UMLS HSQL DB. > > The UMLS password check is a very weak chastity belt. For ytex, we make > umls resources available via a UTS password protected website - to get the > resources the user has to enter their UTS username/password which > ensures that the user has accepted the UMLS licenses. I think making ctakes > resources available via a similar method would be more elegant. > > -vj > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Chen, Pei > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi Matt, > > The license validation is ultimately the responsibility of the user. > > So if you ensure you have the license, technically, what you can do is > > just write a Annotator that just uses those resources directly :). > > --Pei > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Coarr, Matt [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:37 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: using umls dictionary lookup offline? > > > > > > What would I need to do to run ctakes offline? In particular, I > > > believe > > that > > > means what do I need to do to get the full dictionary lookup to work? > > > > > > Do I need to build my own UMLS dictionary database and use a custom > > > dictionary class? > > > > > > I looked around on the wiki (in the ctakes 3.0 and 3.1 developer > > > guides > > and > > > the ctakes 3.0 component guide). > > > > > > I know way back when we used to have this before we simplified > > > things by pre-packaging the UMLS dictionary and doing online > > > validation of the UMLS username and password. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > Matt > > > > > > >
